Comment on Judge rules in Castle Rock church’s favor in fight with town over shelter for homeless families in parking lot

Judge rules in Castle Rock church’s favor in fight with town over shelter for homeless families in parking lot

Castle Rock’s attempts to stop a church from housing homeless families in vehicles in its parking lot is a violation of the church’s practice of religious freedom, a federal court has ruled. U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a preliminary injunction late last week that stops the Douglas County town from using its land use regulations to bar the Rock Church from using an RV and a camping trailer parked behind its main building to provide shelter to those who need it. “The church stresses that by preventing it from allowing the homeless to live on its property, the town is precluding the church from exercising its religious beliefs regardless of whether it might be possible to provide for the needy in some other way,” Domenico wrote in his 18-page ruling. The Rock’s lead pastor, Mike Polhemus, did not return requests for comment.

 

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